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The Hospiz- und Palliativverband Schleswig-Holstein e.V. (HPVSH) is an umbrella organization and advocate for hospice and palliative care facilities in Schleswig-Holstein. The association is denominationally and politically independent and pursues exclusively non-profit purposes. It is a member of the Deutschen Hospiz- und PalliativVerband e.V. (DHPV) and works closely with the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Palliativmedizin e.V. (DGP)[1][2].
The main mission of the HPVSH is to provide the best possible medical, nursing, psychosocial and spiritual care to seriously ill and dying people and their families. The association is committed to a dignified life until the end and promotes the destigmatization of the topics of dying, death and grief[1][3].
The HPVSH is committed to a sustainable improvement in palliative care in Schleswig-Holstein. This includes supporting voluntary activities and promoting professional structures through the Landeskoordinierungsstelle Hospiz- und Palliativarbeit Schleswig-Holstein (LKS)[2][3]. The association is also committed to raising public awareness of the topics of dying and death in order to destigmatize them and promote respectful support at the end of life[1][2].
Through its work, the HPVSH contributes to a change in society's approach to seriously ill and dying people by working towards respectful and dignified support[2].
